3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (230+ words) Coalition Chairman MK Ofir Katz has declared that if Likud forms the next government, one of its central tasks will be to complete the judicial reform that was halted during the current Knesset term. According to Katz, the coalition did…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago   (142+ words) Federal parliament has returned from winter break with a frenetic start to the second half of the political year. There were days of commentary and squirming over ‘melon-gate’ and, with Labor planning to make a deal with the Coalition to…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (233+ words) Yemen’s Armed Forces have announced subjecting Saudi Arabia-linked targets to fresh heavy strikes. “The Armed Forces were able to target concentrations and weapons belonging to the Saudi enemy,” spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement on Friday. Additionally,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1756+ words) You may have noticed there was a slight distraction that happened in a flurry in Wellington earlier this week. As already stated – after days of speculation and guesswork, it ultimately boiled down to quote Shakespeare ‘much ado about nothing’. That…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (678+ words) Senior colleagues dismiss Bragg’s migration figures as ‘personal views’ while others say critical response is an ‘overreaction’ Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan has publicly backed Andrew Bragg and urged colleagues to “follow his lead” after a public speech that has split…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (313+ words) The Middle East hasn’t been kind to the United States. The United States hasn’t been kind to the Middle East either. Frankly, both could use a break from each other, which is why last week’s big news from three of…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (452+ words) Welcome to AL-MONITOR Turkey, where we wrap up the leading stories of the week. This week, Turkey has ramped up regional diplomacy following the Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan trilateral defense pact, as Ankara sought to bring Egypt into the fold. Wishing you…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (128+ words) Whether or not the alliance expands to Egypt, it might prove adept at setting rules for the Gulf, the Red Sea and the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, taking crisis management out of the Americans' hands Saudi Arabia, Turkey…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (177+ words) Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry look at Liberal senator Andrew Bragg’s speech this week in which he outlined his plan to solve the housing crisis – a plan that doesn’t have the support of his own party. The Barries also discuss…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (477+ words) The opposition has said they’ll cut the construction code down to an 80-page “Basic Australian Standard”, to which the Australian Institute of Architects has responded, “The code is a set of minimum standards and we’ve consistently said they should be…...